Ashley Fenker

“Why are you using a good Sharpie pen to write a grocery list?” my husband asks.

“Because I like how it writes,” I say.

“Why waste a good pen?”

“I care about how the grocery list looks.” (Why would I not select a smooth pink pen?)

“Here, this is the pen,” he suggests, grabbing a Courtyard Marriott pen from the mug on the kitchen counter. He removes the cheap plastic lime green cap.

“I don’t like how that pen feels,” I say.

He shakes his head and smiles, puts away the free pen.